“She Is Too Black And Ugly”: Algerians To Winner Of Miss Algeria Pageant (Photos, Video)

She beat 16 other women to be crowned Miss Algeria, but Khadija Ben Hamou’s win has been subjected to a torrent of racist abuse.

When
other social media users began to call out those spouting racist abuse,
some Twitter users maintained it had nothing to do with race. “She just
wasn’t that pretty,” one person wrote.

Plenty of other users were quick to praise the diversity of this year’s competition and jump to Khadija’s defence.

One
Facebook user wrote: “If I understand correctly, you want a Miss
Algeria that looks like a Swedish!? It’s one of the charms of our
diversity, a Saharan charm, I’m glad to finally see a miss who comes
from the south Algerian [sic].”

Another wrote: “Y’all can’t be making fun of her nose, hair and skin complexion and say it’s not racist.”

Khadija,
who comes from Adrar in the south of the country, took part in 20
rounds of the competition before being crowned Miss Algeria 2019.

She will go on to represent the country at Miss World, and will take part in charity work.

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